Interface University and Other Scenarios for the AI Economy
As artificial intelligence moves us to a world without work, what does that mean for higher education institutions and their mission in the new economy? EDUCAUSE Review
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Faculty Confidence in Online Learning Grows
Survey finds significant increases in professors’ confidence in virtual learning and their sense of support from their colleges — but continuing concerns about equity for underrepresented students. Inside Higher Ed
Download Book: Virtual Internationalization in Higher Education
Across the world, higher education institutions find themselves in a dynamic process of change, which encompasses teaching, research and administration. They have to stay abreast of diverse challenges and a changing political, sectoral, and societal environment. In this context, research and practice go hand in hand; enriching and complementing each other. Within this complex framework, […]
Advising the Online Student: A Breakout of Advising Frequency, Preferences, and Satisfaction of Online Students
This breakout study reviews the findings of a 2017 study of Penn State University’s World Campus undergraduate online students. The study surveyed students to report demographic, academic, preferences, and satisfaction information and sought to develop relationships between these variables by their levels of academic success. This breakout study focuses on the findings related to three […]
D2L Launches Assessment Management Tool
Global learning technology leader D2L announced today it is launching an integrated assessment management tool in Brightspace. As part of a new partnership with leading Australian EdTech pioneer Janison, Brightspace users will now have access to Janison Insights, a market-leading online assessment tool. Desire2Learn
The effects of a visible-annotation tool for sequential knowledge construction on discourse patterns and collaborative outcomes
This study aimed to explore learners’ discourse patterns and outcomes while using a visible-annotation tool as a collaborative representation tool. The tool used in this study introduced two types of sharing activities before the problem-solving phase to support sequential knowledge construction. Forty participants were randomly assigned to one of three groups according to two variables: […]
Social media, learning and connections for international students: The disconnect between what students use and the tools learning management systems offer
With the increased focus on the use of digital platforms to facilitate teaching and learning comes the challenge of creating connections between international students and their new classmates. The use of social media in higher education may be one avenue that can enable not only learning but also social connections between students to improve the […]
‘Studytable’ gives Purdue U. classmates new ways to connect
Students at Purdue University will soon have a new way to communicate with their classmates, even as the pandemic continues to force social distancing requirements and complicate in-person courses at the West Lafayette, Indiana, institution this fall. edscoop
Innovators Seek Zoom University 2.0
Frustrated with Zoom’s instructional limitations, developers and entrepreneurs take matters into their own hands. Inside Higher Ed
Teaching undergraduate mathematics fully online: a review from the perspective of communities of practice
The use of fully online (FO) mathematics teaching has been increasing worldwide. Despite claims and findings that mathematics is more challenging to teach FO than face-to-face (F2F), we know little about FO mathematics teaching. In this paper, we address this gap by working to elucidate the differences between teaching in the FO and F2F modalities. […]
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